diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9546817..e08d89d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,8 @@
 sudo: false
-
 language: go
 
 go:
-  - 1.8.x
-  - 1.9.x
-  - 1.10.x
-  - 1.11.x
-  - tip
-
-os:
-  - linux
-
-matrix:
-  fast_finish: true
-  allow_failures:
-    - go: tip
-
-before_install:
-  - go get -v github.com/stretchr/testify
-
-script:
-  - go test -v ./...
+  - 1.x
 
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c6c101..032f640 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 a Go package to interact with arbitrary JSON
 
-[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/bitly/go-simplejson.png)](http://travis-ci.org/bitly/go-simplejson)
+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/bitly/go-simplejson.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/bitly/go-simplejson) [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/bitly/go-simplejson?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/bitly/go-simplejson) [![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/bitly/go-simplejson.svg)](https://github.com/bitly/go-simplejson/releases/latest)
+
 
 ### Importing
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15a43ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module github.com/bitly/go-simplejson
+
+go 1.13
+
+require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e863f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/simplejson.go b/simplejson.go
index 95e73fd..581b45d 100644
--- a/simplejson.go
+++ b/simplejson.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 // returns the current implementation version
 func Version() string {
-	return "0.5.0"
+	return "0.5.1"
 }
 
 type Json struct {